With Unity Comes Change
Illinois Voices is committed to standing up for the civil rights of people on public conviction registries and their families. We are pleased to announce that we filed a proposed class action lawsuit today against the Illinois State Police to challenge ISP’s failure to provide a fair and effective procedure to correct errors in the registry. The case is Illinois Voices
Read moreThe University of South Florida will be offering CCJ 4690 – Sex Offenders. Emily Horowitz offers a course on this same topic at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. Horowitz says the students enter this course believing the myths, but by the time they finish the course, their view of people on the registry takes a 180-degree turn after having
Read moreNola.com reports, “A landlord in St. Tammany Parish who rented to registered sex offenders is now suing the parish over an ordinance regulating housing that is rented to sex offenders, arguing the regulations violate his constitutional rights. “The ordinance, which the St. Tammany Parish Council adopted in the spring of 2024, defines a property where more than 15% of residents are registered sex offenders
Read moreRecording# 296 Dear Members and Advocates Our focus this week is on Re-Entry, whether that is welcoming people home after being a guest of the Department of Corrections, or after completing an addiction recovery program. Re-Entry. Particularly for those on the Registry, it is about breaking free from the weight of societal labels and building a future filled with purpose, self-worth,
Read moreGrady Judd is the sheriff in Polk County who frequently is before cameras, saying, “If you mess up, then dress up, fess up, and fix it up.” This advice is not being followed in the case of a botched rape investigation in Polk County. We thank the news site Mother Jones for making the public aware of what is going
Read moreA bill has been filed in Tennessee that would require people forced to be on the “sex offender” registry to register any memberships in churches or other religious organizations. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation would then report this information to the named institutions. So far, nothing has surfaced in Florida this year as concerning as this Tennessee bill, but an
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